Survivability of Space Assets in the Long Term.

Abstract

This report discusses the threats to strategic defense satellites over the next 20-30 years. It describes the purposes and sizes of the satellites, the types of attacks on them, the counters to those attacks, and the likely outcomes of the encounters. It concludes that their survivability and contribution to stability should increase over the next 20-30 years because of the advanced technologies that should become available then.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA344671

Entities

People

  • G. H. Canavan

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Arms Control
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Boost Phase
  • Chemical Lasers
  • Control Systems
  • Detectors
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Free Electron Lasers
  • Ground Based
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Payload
  • Space Based
  • Space Objects
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space